intrinsic

Examples of intrinsic in the following topics:

• Mechanisms of Resistance

  • Microorganism-mediated antimicrobial resistance is due to genetically-encoded traits of the microorganism and can be divided into intrinsic or acquired.

• Extent of Host Involvement

  • Primary pathogens cause disease as a result of their presence or activity within the normal, healthy host, and their intrinsic virulence is, in part, a necessary consequence of their need to reproduce and spread.

• Microorganisms in the Hospital

  • The development of such resistance does not cause the organism to be more intrinsically virulent than strains of Staphylococcus aureus that have no antibiotic resistance, but resistance does make MRSA infection more difficult to treat with standard types of antibiotics, and thus more dangerous.

• Type II (Cytotoxic) Reactions

  • The antigens recognized in this way may either be intrinsic ("self" antigen, innately part of the patient's cells) or extrinsic (adsorbed onto the cells during exposure to some foreign antigen, possibly as part of infection with a pathogen).

• Colonization and Growth

  • The variables involved in the outcome of a host becoming inoculated by a pathogen and the ultimate outcome include: the route of entry of the pathogen and the access to host regions that it gains, the intrinsic virulence of the particular organism, the quantity or load of the initial inoculant, and the immune status of the host being colonized.

• Marine Habitats

  • Pelagic habitats are intrinsically shifting and ephemeral, depending on what ocean currents are doing.

• Tetanus

  • The other type of striated muscle, cardiac or heart muscle, is not affected by the toxin because of its intrinsic electrical properties.

• Regulating Virulence

  • The ability of a microorganism to cause disease is described in terms of the number of infecting bacteria, the route of entry into the body, the effects of host defense mechanisms, and intrinsic characteristics of the microorganism called virulence factors.

• Overview of Human-Microbial Reactions

  • Their intrinsic virulence is due to their need to reproduce and spread .

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

  • Bioremediation can occur on its own (natural attenuation or intrinsic bioremediation) or can be spurred on via the addition of fertilizers to increase the bioavailability within the medium (biostimulation).